Teaching code

4S008343

Teacher

Stefano Genetti

Coordinatore

Stefano Genetti

Credits

9

Also offered in courses

• Bachelor’s degree in Humanities
• Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/03 - FRENCH LITERATURE

Language

Italian

Period

II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 14, 2022 al May 28, 2022.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

Learning outcomes

In accordance with the periodization adopted in our French literature courses (first year: from 1850 to today; second year: Eighteenth century and first half of the Nineteenth century; third year: Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries), this course introduces to French literature from 1850 to today, with in-depth analysis of some aspects, authors and works, in order to develop critical competences concerning various literary genres. As for the Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities, the historical insights and critical perspectives offered by this course are useful tools for the comparative study of French literature in the European context. At the end of the course, students shall therefore acquire overall knowledge of the history of French literature from 1850 to today (main literary movements, authors and works), along with critical competences and the ability of applying them to the comparative analysis of texts belonging to different literary genres. This course is divided in two parts because students attending the Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities achieve 6 credits (part 1 of the course), whereas students attending the Bachelor’s degrees in Foreign Languages and Literatures and in Languages and Literatures for Publishing and Digital Media achieve 9 credits (part 1 and 2 of the course, the second part being conceived as the completion of the first).

Program

Part 1

An outline of the history of French literature from 1850 to the Second World War with in-depth analysis of some emblematic aspects, authors and works, and a critical introduction to the study of texts belonging to different literary genres:
a. poetry, from Baudelaire to early XXth-Century avant-garde movements;
b1. narrative prose, from Flaubert to Zola and Huysmans;
b2. the novel, from early XXth century to the Second World War;
c. the theatre, from late XIXth century to the Second World War;
The full-length reading of two literary works in French, among those presented during the course, is compulsory. Only students attending the course which pertains to the Department of Cultures and Civilizations (Lettere) may read the two chosen works in the Italian translation.

A detailed program with bibliographical information, as well as a selection of literary and critical texts, will be given at the beginning and during the course.
The course, as well as the final oral exam, are in Italian. All texts (literary excerpts and extended readings) must be in French, except the two books that, as already mentioned, only students attending the Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities may choose to read the selected literary work in Italian.

Part 2

An outline of contemporary French literature from the end of the Second World War to today, with particular regard to narrative prose and drama:
a. from the ‘nouveau théâtre’ to contemporary theatre;
b. from the the Second World War to contemporary narrative prose.
The reading of one entire literary work in French, among those presented during the course, is compulsory.

A detailed program with bibliographical information, as well as a selection of literary and critical texts, will be given at the beginning and during the course.
The course and the final oral exam are in Italian. All texts (literary excerpts and extended readings) must be in French.

Manuali:
Lionello Sozzi (a cura di), Storia europea della letteratura francese. II. Dal Settecento all’età contemporanea, Torino, Einaudi, 2013.
Michela Landi (a cura di), Letteratura francese. Dall’Ottocento al XXI secolo, Firenze, Le Monnier, 2021.

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